James Earle | TED-Ed
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Is she turning towards you or away from you?
No one can agree. She’s the subject of Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with the Pearl Earring,” a painting often referred to as the ‘Mona Lisa of the North.’
But what makes this painting so captivating?
James Earle explains how this work represents the birth of a modern perspective on economics, politics, and love.
Lesson by James Earle
Animation by Tess Martin.